User talk:Ecpclio~enwikisource

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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 02:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Hi, I have deleted "Maryland History and Government, 1634-present" because we do not want pages which link to documents or websites -- we want to archive the documents themselves. Cheers, John Vandenberg (chat) 12:06, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

help me: It is a huge mistake for Wikisource not to link to and acknowledge authoritative web based documentary sources. For example, the Charter of Maryland you are including is not only not the authoritative text of the Charter, is is completely unidentified as to source. Wikisource should be related to, and complimentary to, trusted archival sources of documentary text, referring to those trusted sources, rather than trying to replace them.

You are right. We do need to improve our texts. Many have been donated without images, nor documentation regarding where the text was obtained from. The Charter of Maryland is a poor quality contribution added back in 2004; by all means feel free to replace it with a better text. We are slowly replacing all texts with texts+images. For example Index:California State Constitution of 1879.djvu will eventually replace California Constitution. If you see a text which doesnt look correct, tag it with {{Fidelity}}.
With regard to linking to authoritative websites, that is a great idea, provided you only do it on pages that begin with "Wikisource:". For example, I have just updated Wikisource:Maryland. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your account will be renamed[edit]

23:27, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed[edit]

06:44, 21 April 2015 (UTC)